Dragon Naturally Speaking Trial – Where Is It?

Where is the Dragon Naturally Speaking Trial ? This is an amazing software that is super popular and the the number one speech to text software in the field.  However, although I looked for days, I have found no free trial.  It does seem odd to me that there is no  free trial of this software because it does claim to do an awful lot and it costs roughly $80.  Why wouldn't the company provide a demo of some sort so that customers can see what the software is really about before spending the money. 

The best alternative to a free trial is to watch one of the demos on Youtube.  The only downside to this is that the software will work better for users who have trained it, than for users who do not go through the speech recognition training.  So if you see a demo on youtube that doesnt seem too impressive then its likely that the user hasnt gone through the proper steps to train the software to recognize his voice. Alternately ,  when you see a video in which the software is really doing a great job of typing the words that are spoken then it is clear that the user has taken the time to let the software learn his speech pattern.

I personally do own a copy of Dragon Naturally Speaking and although there is no free trial,  you can effective learn about how well the software works by watching some of the reviews on youtube. 

Here are a few of my favorites: